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verb

ə-ˈrīv How to pronounce arrive (audio)
Definition of arrivenext
1
as in to come
to get to a destination when will the guests arrive?

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Relevance

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2
as in to succeed
to reach a desired level of accomplishment the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

arrivé

2 of 2

noun

as in comer

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Recent Examples of arrive
Verb
Maps can be incomplete, debris can move, and the next hazard may arrive from any direction at any time. — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026 Philanthropy usually arrives near the end of the story, once the fortune has been made. — Linda K. Brown Stroh, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
By the time Sally and Gillian arrive, Tom has attacked Kylie and tied her to the same stake where Hannah burned. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 To be sure, surging yields in the bond market arrive as Brent crude settled at above $100 this week, its highest level since May, reviving fears that inflation could rebound. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arrive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrive
  1. come
  2. succeed
  3. comer
  4. appear
  5. thrive
  6. upstart
  7. flourish
  8. nouveau riche
Verb
  • Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Most people come here for the ever-evolving menu of house cocktails.
    — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of come
Verb
  • Construction site trial succeeds The team tested the complete system at an active construction site, where a worker wore the device for approximately 165 minutes while performing normal daily activities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The shallow cultural footprint of these titles, at least two of which succeeded critically and/or financially, testifies to comedy’s waning as a cinematic form.
    — Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of succeed
Noun
  • Ian Eagle, an up and comer who calls secondary NFL games for CBS Sports, is also believed to have a contract that is set to lapse.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While names like Gavin Newsom and Andy Beshear have been floated for months, Ossoff is a late-comer among potential nominees.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of comer
Verb
  • If a message appears to come from the boss but something feels off, Cranor said, workers should verify it through another channel before responding.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Following his speech, the video of Parton played and the beloved icon appeared on screen, as brilliant as ever.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of appear
Verb
  • Carleton wanted to know how those tumors managed, seemingly paradoxically, to thrive.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But the network uncovered in the San Fernando Valley suggests another kind of prostitution is thriving behind closed doors.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of thrive
Noun
  • The Dream and Valkyries are upstarts, eliminating the last two WNBA champions en route to setting up their unexpected matchup.
    — AJC Sports, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Art history as a discipline favors upstarts, the avant-garde, protest, outsiders, and transgression—all those timeless modernisms.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of upstart
Verb
  • Left to her own devices, the former Danity Kane and Diddy - Dirty Money member has flourished creatively.
    — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of flourish
Noun
  • And all of this comes on the heels of the glitzy opening of the Six Senses Crans-Montana ski-in, ski-out resort, and the nouveau riche crowd that comes with it.
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 4 May 2026
  • Vandelli thinks Stilley is nouveau riche; Stilley thinks Vandelli is a bully.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Definition of nouveau riche

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“Arrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrive. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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